Ian Macfarlane (Groom, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources) Share this | Hansard source

It would be good if he could do a decent interjection, but he is not contributing to the debate so I am going to proceed. The knocks that those on that side of the House continue to make to the resources sector—a carbon tax, a mining tax, a withholding tax, class warfare—are continual hurdles to the Australian resources industry moving forward. What we need to see is the Labor Party actually get one thing right for the resources sector. Just one thing: put it in place, stand by it, sign the deed and say, 'The conditions for the next EMA will be exactly the same as this one,' so that there is some certainty, some predictability, some confidence for a sector which underpins the Australian economy and provides wealth for all Australians.

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